Chon Buri weather in August

In August, Chon Buri sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 27°C, with 136 mm of rain across 23.3 wet days and about 12.4 hours of daylight. It is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, and the air most often feels miserable.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, August is Chon Buri's 12th-clearest and 2nd-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chon Buri's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
7th warmest
Overnight low
27°
8th coldest
Rainfall
136 mm
23.3 wet days
Daylight
12 h 24 min
6:07 AM – 6:34 PM
Cloud cover
88%
12th clearest
Wind
11 km/h
2nd windiest
Solar energy
4.78 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.7
out of 10

Chon Buri is town in Chonburi Province, Thailand.

Air quality
Elevated
PM2.5 20.7 µg/m³ · 2019
Density
47,957/km²
people per km²

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in August

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical August day in Chon Buri reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 27°C overnight — a 5°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 33°C. Set against its neighbours, August runs on par with July and on par with September.

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How August really feels in Chon Buri

Once humidity and wind are folded in, August averages 31 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
31
31 feel dangerously hot (≥ 39°C)
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in August is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Chon Buri weather by month

How August compares with the rest of the year at a glance. August is the 7th-warmest and 4th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 23°224.711.34.8
Feb32° / 24°235.111.64.3
Mar33° / 26°5810.711.93.5
Apr34° / 27°9014.112.32.8
May33° / 27°14521.312.62.4
Jun33° / 27°12320.912.82.6
Jul32° / 27°13322.512.72.7
Aug32° / 27°13623.312.42.7
Sep31° / 26°23225.112.12.5
Oct31° / 25°19521.711.73.1
Nov32° / 24°447.111.44.3
Dec31° / 23°122.711.25.0

Cloud cover in August

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 2% of the time in August, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 5% of August, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 93%.

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Chance of precipitation in August

Any precipitation

Chon Buri gets around 136 mm of rain over 23.3 wet days in August. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 75% and peaks near 79% on the wettest days.

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Humidity in August

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of August feels miserable — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, August lands in the miserable band about 83% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 100% of them.

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Oppressive (%)Miserable (%)
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Wind in August

Winds average 11 km/h in August.

Across August, daily wind ranges from about 9 km/h on the calmest days to 12 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in August

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 36 min at the start of August to 12 h 18 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days shrink by about 18 minutes over August. Sunrise moves from 6:04 AM to 6:08 AM, and sunset from 6:40 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.66:046:40
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Solar energy in August

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in August, about 4.78 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.52 kWh/m² to a high of 5.98 kWh/m² in April across the year — August's 4.78 kWh/m² sits near the bottom.

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Planning a trip in August

Hazard calendar for Chon Buri

In seasonPeak

In August, Chon Buri sits inside its pacific typhoon and rainy season season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chon Buri sits in the Pacific typhoon belt; the season peaks July–October.

Chon Buri's rainy season runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Pacific typhoon
Rainy season
Jan
Feb
Mar
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May
Jun
Jul
Aug
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Oct
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Dec

Is August a good time to visit Chon Buri?

Our two travel scores rate August for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.7
Sightseeing
8th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

August is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chon Buri.

What to pack for Chon Buri in August

From August's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In August, Chon Buri sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 27°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 23 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

Sea temperature near Chon Buri in August

The nearest coast averages about 30°C in August — the other half of the beach question. The full-year curve and swim-comfort zones are below.

The sea offshore is warmest in May at about 31°C and coldest in January near 27°C.

The water stays above 20°C all year — warm enough for a swim any month.

26°28°30°32°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecwarmtropicalcomfortable to swim
Sea temperature (°C)Comfort
Jan27Warm
Feb28Tropical
Mar29Tropical
Apr30Tropical
May31Tropical
Jun30Tropical
Jul30Tropical
Aug30Tropical
Sep29Tropical
Oct29Tropical
Nov29Tropical
Dec28Warm

UV index in Chon Buri in August

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in August peaks around 14 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chon Buri peaks around August 16 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 17 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecVery highExtremeVery highAug 16UV 14Dec 17UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan9Very high
Feb10Very high
Mar12Extreme
Apr12Extreme
May12Extreme
Jun12Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug14Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct10Very high
Nov9Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Chon Buri in August

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where August falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chon Buri is worst in January — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.0× the cleanest month (June, 14 µg/m³).

Seasonal pattern from CAMS reanalysis, scaled to Chon Buri's WHO annual average of 20.7 µg/m³.

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateJan 2328 µg/m³Jun 2015 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan29Moderate
Feb28Moderate
Mar23Moderate
Apr20Moderate
May17Moderate
Jun14Moderate
Jul15Moderate
Aug15Moderate
Sep20Moderate
Oct24Moderate
Nov22Moderate
Dec20Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Chon Buri?

Chon Buri sits at 13.4°N, 101.0°E, 8 m above sea level, in Thailand. The nearest listed city is Ban Ang Sila, 6.0 km away.

Topography around Chon Buri

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chon Buri.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chon Buri has only modest variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 115 m around an average of 11 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 891 m; within 80 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 874 m.

The land around Chon Buri is covered by artificial surfaces (51%) and water (30%) within 3 km, water (38%), artificial surfaces (23%) and trees (22%) within 16 km, and trees (34%) and water (30%) within 80 km.

3 km
115 m
16 km
891 m
80 km
874 m
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August weather nearby: Ban Ang Sila 6.0 km · Ban Bueng 15 km · Phan Thong 17 km · Bang Pakong 20 km · Si Racha 22 km · Phanat Nikhom 24 km · Bang Bo District 30 km · Ban Talat Bueng 32 km

Thailand travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B / C
230 V · 50 Hz
Prices
≈ 31% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$8,057
2025
Happiness
6.3 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
4.8
per 100k, 2011
Road deaths
32.2
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Very low
EF EPI 402
Religion
Buddhist 93%Muslim 5%Christian 1%other 1%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chon Buri (13.3622°, 100.9835°, elevation 8 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). Sea temperatures are the NOAA OISST v2.1 1991–2020 monthly climatology (public domain), sampled at the nearest ocean point. UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).